No.... my doctor (actually just the nurse practitioner is who has been seeing me ) hasn't done any tests yet. I told her that I have diabetes so that maybe she would be a bit more concerned? I didn't know they could do ear cultures.... sounds scary though... I am assuming they stick something in your ear for a sample????

The words Toxic Shock scare me because I had it when my 2nd child was 5 weeks old .... went back into the hospital and was very ill. Is it very common to get something like this in the ear?